The Team
Sean Boyd
Chief Executive Officer
Experienced operations manager, Sean has owned his own businesses and was COO for a rapidly expanding global enterprise overseeing marketing, legal, HR and finance.
Sir Prof. Ruggero Santilli
Senior Scientific Advisory Board Member
Dr. R. M. Santilli received the highest possible education in Italy, emigrated in the USA with his family in 1967 following an invitation from the University of Miami, Florida,to conduct research under NASA support, after which he was in the faculty of Boston University, MIT, and Harvard University under support from NASA, USAFOSR and DOE. From 1985 on, Dr. Santilli has been Professor of Physics and President of The Institute for Basic Research originally located within the compound of Harvard University and moved to Florida in 1989. Dr. Santilli became a U. S. Citizen in 1986. He is the author of 325 papers in mathematics, physics and chemistry published in refereed journals, has written 20 Ph. D. level monographs in various fields, the founder of three scientific journals and the editor of various journals. As part of our R&D team he will be invaluable to advance the many newly identified applications for BioChar in the fields of material science, green energy storage, super capacitors, fuel cells and more.
Prof. Pinchas Mandell
President/Chief Scientist
A renaissance man, serial entrepreneur, visionary, and futurist that has lived, survived, and thrived in dozens of countries on 5 continents enabling him to see the big picture, and how everything is connected to everything else and all of us to each other making us all one. Prof. Mandell is head of R&D for our very extensive IP pipeline, and head of engineering in charge of manufacturing and scaling production of the Kilns that produce BioChar.
Dr. Udi Cantor M.D.
Environmental/Public Health Policy
Dr. Cantor is a specialist in General Surgery, Urological Surgery, and Trauma. Head of both the Medical Policy Division & of the Care Safety Forum (and founder) at the Israel Medical Association (IMA). Director of the organ transplant unit Shiba Hospital (1978-1980), Instructor to Trauma Therapists – IDF Training Program, Director of the Trauma Unit, Haemek Hospital and also it's deputy director. Held many medical forum positions at the Ministry of health, and was senior medical adviser to Madanes; the largest medical liability insurance company, was Medical Director for Quantum Medical Center in Tel-Aviv, and is also involved in a number of advanced medical device development teams. For Tree of Life Biotech he is part of the R&D team for the many medical applications of Biochar and in charge of clinical trials.
Ari (Chari) Mashiah
Director of the BioChar Awareness Program
Dr. David Michaeli M.D.
Research Scientist
Ari aka Chari, is a world traveler and has called the San Juan Ridge in Northern California her home base for the past 8 years. She became a BioChar enthusiast, educator and ambassador after reading the book "Terra Preta" by Kathleen Draper which dramatically changed her life, and ever since, has been making literal tons of BioChar and educating people about the many benefits of BioChar by doing hands on live BioChar making workshops in her community, and around Northern California. Ari has joined our team and will direct our BioChar Awareness and farmer/rancher Training Program and will teach them how to optimize BioChar as part of the holistic farming approach used in Permaculture and Bio-Dynamic farming methods. Her rich experience and insights on new methods of inoculating BioChar before application will be invaluable.
Ari is also a BioChar activist working to connect organizations, NGO's, and local/state governments to cooperate & collaborate together in implementing BioChar as a major part of the solution for sustainable agriculture, food security, environmental cleanup, and climate change. To learn more visit biocharma.com and biocharcoalition.org
Worked for Quantum Medical Centre for 10 years while also working at Belinson Hospital and for the last few years at Assaf Harofe Hospital as a neurosurgeon. He is also the original inventor of the MRI technology and the holder of many patents in the medical field. Dr. Michaeli is a pioneer in immune modulation therapy and it’s applications in treating Cancer, as well as a number of neurological diseases. His work with BioChar will focus on R&D on a wide range of medical application that we have identified for pharmaceutical grade BioChar.
Erik Freund
Fulfillment & Compliance
With 10 years experience overseeing delivery compliance for one of the nation’s largest suppliers of consumer electronics, Erik understands the complexities of the supply chain.